joey

thejoeychain of restaurants is one that most people around my age thought was super-cool at one time, an impression probably rooted in their locations’ cool modern interiors and food that is more polished than your average earls or white spot. i’m sure we’ve all been to our share of high-school “please-dress-nice” birthday parties at a restaurant just like this. i don’t visit joeys much anymore; i feel like i can find many restaurants at the same price point with better food and more personality. what’s weird is that the branding of the chain has changed pretty frequently, from the somewhat “family restaurant”-feelingjoeytomato’s, to earls-soundalike joey’s, to the minimalist joey.

eating atjoeycoquitlam was like dipping into our retirement fund and getting enough food for 2 but ordering for 4.  four adults went to eat and no appetizers 4 entres, 2 beer, and one $12.00 glass (4oz) of wine.  total bill $156.23  not only were the entres of modest quantity, the pasta entre of raviolli contained only 14 modest size raviolli in dish. filled 1/3 of bowl it was served in.  it was so ridiculous we asked the waitress and she told us that is the number they put in bowl.  cost $23.50  although it was lobster ravioli (did not see any lobster  cheese in raviolli).

my wife and i went one night tojoeycoquitlam, my wife ordered a pasta dish with a side order of prawns, they came completely raw! they comp'd us for the prawns but still charged us for the pasta, then the manager on duty came over and fed my wife a bunch of crap about how she wants our number so that we can come back and have a meal on the house, its been 2 months and we still haven't heard anything...we're not holding our breath on hearing anything from them lol, but won't be going back,

for my meal i ordered the ahi tuna club. this is my favourite item atjoeyand something i have had on a few different occasions. the sandwich is made with a thick slab of grilled rare tuna. the tuna is really meaty and it makes a great protein for the sandwich because it is so tender. it is also filled with thick cut crispy bacon and panko breaded onion rings. both of these items add a nice crunch to the sandwich. onion rings on anything automatically make it good. i like that the sandwich is filled with arugula instead of just lettuce.  sandwic

excellent!.joeycoquitlam has amazing desserts!! my favorite is molten lava cake. i often visit just for the dessert. yummy.

we just can't stop ourselves from ordering the sushi cones when we go to ajoeyrestaurant. these are so much easier to eat than the japanese ones made with nori.

sexy atmosphere and ladies - wear sunglases. well, if you're feeling sexy you can get yourself down to thejoey(the sort of place free love originates - come on, food, drinks, young servers in short skirts and heels) to chug on your wine next to sexy waitresses. as we all like to do from time to time. this is great food at even greater prices. their simple main meals will set you back much less than similar rdtaurants, with a choice of steak, soups, salads, drinks and so on,
just wear sungl;asses coz even if the lady i was with was flaunting the eyes will wander

although not the first choice of the day, my friend wanted to try out joey's, and luckily i've been wanting to try it for a while now too. i'm a bit confused though, didjoeytomato's turn into just joey, and open up a bunch more locations? i know the coquitlam location used to be calledjoeytomato's and i went there back in highschool or early university, and when i got there today, there was still a door labelledjoeytomato's head office or something. anyway, if you've been there before, the outside doesn't look like a restaurant at all, inside is a totally different story, looks pretty nice, but still the same overall atmosphere that i remember from years ago. maybe it's the dimness. going in, it took me a while to figure out what to order because nothing really appealed to me that much. the waiter said he can bring a taste of an appy if we want to try things. my friend wanted to try the ahi tuna tacos, but didn't want to order it because i